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CNN Airs Allegations BP Bused In Gulf Workers To Scam Obama



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paige commented on this video: i live on grand isle. the "workers" with red and blue shirts pretty much walked in the middle of the road most of the day, or sat down.. once the president was gone they left (right after)
it was ridiculous! i worked with my sister that day cleaning camps for cnn and other new crews to stay so i was on the road going back and forth on the island all that day .. and all i seen the crews do was walk the road when obama came on the island then after went sit under a camp and probably worked while obama was doing what he came to do, but once obama left they all jumped on the bus.. it was two buses.
3 days ago

CNN Airs Allegations BP Bus... trackback from post: CNN on Friday aired allegations that BP bused temporary workers into the Gulf Coast of Louisiana as a dog and pony show for President Obama's visit to the area."Now, if true, some other words might apply, a sham, a crock, an insult to the people down here who need help, real help, not to mention an attempt, if the allegations are true, to BS local leaders, Gulf state governors and the President of the United States," said Anderson Cooper at the beginning of Friday's program bearing his name.The almost eight-minute segment included an interview with Jefferson Parish Councilman Chris Roberts who said, "Well, basically at about 7:30 this morning on school buses, a number of workers came in, approximately 300 to 400."Oddly, Cooper never asked the Councilman, or anyone else involved in the segment, how BP got those school buses (video follows with commentary, full transcript at end of post, h/t NBer Gary Hall):Early in the segment, Cooper said: A local resident Jerry Lafont (ph) says he saw the whole thing. He snapped a picture of the crews getting out of their hazmat suits and getting ready to leave. He tells us they came in Jefferson Parish school buses pretended -- his words -- pretended like they were working and as soon as the President left everything shut down. One of our staffers, who was also on the scene corroborates that. He says he has been on Grand Isle for the last three days and has never seen these crews before. Some told -- some told, one of our photojournalists Chris Turner they were on a work release program.When CNN's Carol Costello asked whether they were there solely for the presidential visit, they told her they were under orders not to say and in fact they would get in trouble if they talked Houma Today also reported Friday that a witness saw the workers brought in on school buses:One man, watching a crew of laborers brought on school buses by a BP subcontractor to clean the beach on the Gulf of Mexico side, said it was "amazing what a presidential visit can accomplish.""I've been he
May 29, 2010